The state recorded 2,799 new COVID-19 cases and 46 deaths over the preceding three days as Clark County’s test positivity rate declined more than a full percentage point.
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Nevada on Friday added 1,287 new COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths, as the state’s test positivity rate and hospitalizations both showed declines.
The Clark County School District next week will consider creating a policy that would require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
A Las Vegas man has won the $1 million grand prize of this summer’s “Vax Nevada Days” drawings.
Despite the high daily numbers, three of the state’s four leading metrics for the disease caused by the new coronavirus have been trending slightly lower in recent weeks.
The Nevada System of Higher Education is seeking authorization from regents to draft emergency code amendments that would require employees to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 1.
The county hit the milestone a week after it surpassed 5,000 COVID-19 deaths.
In a letter Monday to priests and pastors, Bishop George Leo Thomas advises priests to not issue COVID vaccination exemptions.
The 46 new coronavirus deaths reported Tuesday by the state Department of Health and Human Services was the highest since the state logged 55 deaths on Feb. 11.
New COVID-19 cases on Monday were the highest since the state stopped reporting data on weekends in mid-April.
The vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech now carries the strongest endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration.
A healthy 23-year-old died of COVID-19. He was one of more than 360 new deaths announced statewide so far in August, already the state’s fifth-deadliest month of the pandemic.
The State Board of Health voted unanimously Friday to approve the requirement for the state’s public colleges and universities.
Nevada passed a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus on Friday as it passed the 50 percent mark for vaccination of eligible residents.